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Death Note

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A high school student discovers a supernatural notebook that has deadly powers. He can kill anyone he wishes simply by inscribing their name within its pages. Intoxicated with his new power, he begins to eliminate those he deems unworthy of life.
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Death Note benefits from director Adam Wingard's distinctive eye and a talented cast, but they aren't enough to overcome a fatally overcrowded canvas.

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Alison Willmore BuzzFeed News 08/31/2017
Netflix's Death Note fails Asian-Americans in the more mundane way that most Hollywood releases continue to . Go to Full Review
Elena Lazic Little White Lies 08/29/2017
1/5
A project that feels both overdetermined and underdeveloped. Go to Full Review
Clio Chang The New Republic 08/28/2017
Director Adam Wingard has robbed Death Note of its identity, messing up nearly everything that made the original series so compelling. Go to Full Review
Jamie Healy Radio Times 05/02/2024
3/5
Strikes the right balance between the grim, the grisly and the fun. Go to Full Review
Ernesto Zelaya Miñano ScreenAnarchy 02/03/2023
This is probably the result of trying to cram an entire series in under two hours, which leads to a climax as convoluted as the Note’s seemingly endless rules. Go to Full Review
Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review 03/17/2022
1.5/4
Wingard's lack of control over the material seems unlike his work, and yet the uneven result speaks for itself. Go to Full Review
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Metal S. @MetalSombreros 2d Never seen the OG show. Movie looked very clean awesome cinematography. The main actor was very very good with a different look and vibe than most leads. Margaret Qualley also very good. Dafoe did his best. A little confusing but mostly cool See more Kai K @RT26914480 4d Disrespectful to the original art of the real Death Note, horribly made. See more Breadsticks T @RT08145080 Jun 20 If i could rate it less than zero i would, i just finished watching the anime and decided to watch the movie, i can not explain how bad it is, i watched 20 minutes and couldnt force myself to watch anymore, it has absolutely nothing to do with it already they got 100 different things wrong about the story and the acting is terrible, you couldnt force me to watch this, i couldnt be payed the net worth of everyone in the world combined to watch the full movie in one sitting its that bad, if you decide to watch it before the anime, just know its nothing like it, if your watching it after... why man its so bad and your going to get annoyed how off script it is from the actual anime, in conclusion do not even click on watching it dont even think about it just watch something else for tonight. See more Joshua P @joshuap Jun 5 One of the worst films of all time. See more Aidiel T @RT62532084 Jun 4 If I can give 0 stars, i would. This is an affront to Death Note, and possibly god himself. See more Ethan H @RT22740954 Mar 28 The movie was so bad that I could genuinely yap for hours about how incompetent the writers were for the movie, if death note was real "the anime" light yagamj would probably write the names of the writers because the movie is worse than the war crimes committed by Germany in WW1 and WW2 combined. I would give this movie a 0/5 stars if it was possible See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis A high school student discovers a supernatural notebook that has deadly powers. He can kill anyone he wishes simply by inscribing their name within its pages. Intoxicated with his new power, he begins to eliminate those he deems unworthy of life.
Director
Adam Wingard
Producer
Jason Hoffs, Roy Lee, Dan Lin, Masi Oka
Screenwriter
Charley Parlapanides, Vlas Parlapanides, Jeremy Slater
Rating
TV-MA
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 25, 2017
Runtime
1h 41m
Sound Mix
Dolby Atmos